Shoe-brushing device.



PATBNTBD JULY 19, 1986i HSEBRANDBS. SEDE BRUSHING DEVICE.

APFLIGATIQN FILED APB. 8, 1G05.

SHOE-BRUSHING D EVlCE.

Bpecicetion of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application Sled April S, 1905, Serial No. 253,577.

To ali whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. BRANDES, c citizen of the United States, residing et Corydon, in the county of Henderson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new end useful Improvements in Shoe- Brushing Devices; end I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the srt to which it appertains to ineke and use the seme.

My' invention relates to improvements in shoe-brushing devices; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

Ono object of my invention is to provide e device of this character with rcvoluble brushing-rolls which when in use present various surfaces to the boot or shoe while brushing the seine.

A further object of my invention is to cornbine with e. rcvoluble brush means for roteting the same alternately in reverse directions.

A further object oi my invention is to coinbine with the brushing-rolls and operating devices therefor a. stand to support the seine end e sent adapted to be folded over the rolls when the latter are not in use, so es to cover the rolls and adopt the device for use for the purposes of a sect.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of e boot or shoe brushing device embodying rn)7 improvements. Fig. 2 is e detail sectional view of the same, shoe ing the Ineens for imparting alternatin rotery motion to one of the brushes; end iig. 3 is e perspective vieiv showing a modification of my invention.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. 1 I provide e base l, having pairs of bearing-brackets 2 at its ends, in which bearing-brackets ere mounted e peir of brushing-rolls 3, which rnc be covered with any suitable materiel en are adapted to rotate in the said bearing-brackets. One of each of the pairs of bearing-brackets Zis provided with en open slot 4 to receive the axle 5 of the roll, so that the seid rolls 3 may be mounted in or detached from seid bearingbreckets. At one end of the axle 5 of each of the rolls 3 is a ratchet-wheel 6, end one bearingdireeket 2 of eech peir is provided with a. detent-pfiwl 7, scid powl enge ing said ratchet-wheels and enabling the ro ls 3 to be eech revolved in one direction end serving to prevent them from revolving in the opposite direction. lt will be observed by reference to Fig. 1, that the teeth of the respective ratchet-wheels 6 ere arranged in reverse directions ond that the respective Y peivls 7 ere lcorrespondinglgfT srrsnged, so thet the seid rolls 3 ere adapted to rotate in reverse directions that is 'to eey, one is ensbled to rotate oni)r in one direction, while the other is enabled to rotate in the opposite direction. It will be observed also that the rolls are reduced et their centers, so that their end portions are of greater diameter than their central portion. To operate the seid rolls 3, a person desiring to brush a boot or shoe passes one of his ieee beckwcrdly and forwardly over the seid rolls, each Inove- Inent of his foot in either direction causing one of the rolls to rotate to present n new surface and creatine` friction against the other roll, and there )y efiectuellv brushing the boot or shoe. A standard S rises from the bese 1 at a. point niidwey between the brushing-rolls 3. A transversely-disposed shaft 9 has its bearings in the seid standard. The seid shaft 9 carries at that end which is disposed between the rolls 3 a rcvoluble brush 10 and is provided et its outer end with e pinion 11. The standard 8 is channeled on its outer side, :it 12, to forni a guide for e reciprocating rack 13, `which engages the pinion 11 end which has an upwardly-extending hsndle 14, that projects above the upper end of the standard 8 end is edepted to be gresped end manually operated to cause the brush 10 to be revolved consccutivelyY in reverse directions. It will be understood that the brush 10 coccts with the brush-rolls 3 to cieen and polish the boots or slices while on the feet of the wearer.

ln the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3 the brushing-rolls 15, which ere identicoi in construction with the rolls 3 hcrcinbcfore doscribed, have their bearings in the legs 16 of c. stand 17, which also has a back i8 end trens- Yversely-disposed bers 19, which connect the IOC) IID

18, as at 24, and is adapted to be raised in order to uncover the brushin -rolls 15 and the revolving brush 21, when t e device is to be used, and may be lowered on the bars 19, so as to cover said rolls and brush to form a seat, as shown. The operation of this form of my invention may be described as follows: The shoe to be cleaned is placed upon one of the rollers 15 and the front portion of the same projecting in under the roller 21. By grasping the handle 22 the roller 21 is rotated and the front portion of the shoe is cleaned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isD

In a` shoe-brushing device, a base, a hollow standard rising therefrom, a brush-roll journaled to said standard and disposed outside thereof and provided with a pinion located inside the standard7 a rack-bar mounted to reciprocate in the standard and engage the pinion to rotate the brush-roll, said rack-bar having a handle projecting above the standard, substantiallyT as described.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN H. BRANDES.

Vitnesses E. S. KING, C. l. BUCKMAN. 

